Ernest Hemingway's most beloved and popular novel ever, with millions
of copies sold--now featuring early drafts and supplementary material as
well as a personal foreword by the only living son of the author,
Patrick Hemingway, and an introduction by the author's grandson Seán
Hemingway.
The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea
has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction.
It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his
supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far
out in the Gulf Stream.
Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the
timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph
won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century
classic. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novel confirmed his
power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his
winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.